Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

University of California, Berkeley

Environmental and Resource Economics Seminar
Archives - Fall 2001

Date Speaker Affiliation Title
September 19 Jay Shimshack Berkeley ARE
"The Environmental Impacts of Crop Insurance"
.pdf .doc
October 3 Nick Brozovic Berkeley ARE
"Distributed Parameter Resource Systems: Tall Tales and Optimal Control"
October 10 Erin Mansur Berkeley Econ
"Oligopoly-Induced Production Inefficiencies and Incentive-Based Environmental Regulation: An Empirical Study of the PJM Electricity Market"
October 17 Stephen Holland Federal Trade Comm.
& UC Energy Inst.
"Cadillac Desert Revisited: Property Rights, Public Policy, and Water-Resource Depletion"
.pdf .ps
October 24
C A N C E L L E D
October 31 Deanna Gordon Berkeley ARE
"The AIDS Crisis and Subsistence Agriculture in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa"
.pdf
November 7 Jules Reinhart Berkeley ARE
"Is Industrialization Bad for your Health? Economic Growth vs. Industrial Pollution in Indonesia"
November 14 Marita Laukkanen Berkeley ARE
"Regulatory Objectives in the North Pacific Halibut Fishery: How Far is the Regulator from the Economists' Ideal?"
.pdf .doc
November 21
Day before Thanksgiving -- No Speaker
November 28 Ville Malkonen Berkeley ARE
"The Role of Timber Imports in the Optimal Design of National Forest Conservation Programs"
abstract (.pdf) paper (.pdf)
December 5 Jean-Philippe Stijns Berkeley Econ
"Natural Resource Abundance and Education"
slides (.pdf) paper (.pdf)
We're always looking for future speakers!
Please write us if you would like to present or suggest an outside speaker for next semester.


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